11. The Father and the Son

4. “That men may know that you, whose name alone is Jehovah, are the most high over all the earth” (Psalms 83:18). God is not a name, but rather a title, just as the words king or prince are titles. In 1 Cor. 8:5 it says that there are many gods. Deut. 32:9-12 says that Jacob had no strange god with him when Jehovah, the true God, led him. It is written of Satan in 2 Cor. 4:4 that he is the “god of this world.” The Bible also lists a great many other gods: real ones as in the case of Satan, and others who have been created by men who have been blinded by Satan. Newer translations such as the New English Bible more clearly show this truth.

5. Our God, Jehovah, is different from all other gods. We are told in John 17:3 and Deut. 6:4 that God Almighty is the only true God. In Isaiah 44:8 it is written, “…You are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no other Rock, I know not any.” From 1 Cor. 8:4: “There is no other God but one.” Yes, Satan may be the god of this world, but there is only one true God, whose name is Jehovah. People have believed in other man-made gods in ages past, but these gods are gone forever. The Canaanites once worshipped a god called Baal, but where is this god today? He is gone, along with all the other false gods of history.

6. Jehovah, the Eternal One, remains forever, Even the false god, Satan, will one day be destroyed by God Almighty through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb. 2:14). But today many people still worship other gods. These gods are not real, however. They do not exist, except in people’s minds. Satan uses these false gods to keep people from learning about the One True God and His plan of salvation for the world. There is a day coming when God will show these people that their gods don’t exist, and that He alone is the Most High over all the earth.

7. “But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” (1 Cor. 11:3). “Then comes the end, when He (Christ) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father . . . But when He says all things are put under Him (the Son), it is manifest that He (the Father) is excepted, which did put all things under Him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him (the Son), then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him (God) that put all things under Him, that God (the Father) may be all in all” (1 Cor. 15:24, 27,28). These verses show God the Father to be the Supreme Ruler over everything, both in heaven and on earth.

1. “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went straightway out of the water and lo, the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: and lo, a voice from heaven, saying ‘This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased’” (Matt. 3:16,17). What a beautiful picture of the Father and His Son this is. What greater words could any son hope to hear than that his father is well pleased with him. Yet here we see God Almighty, who expects so much from His creation, saying these very words about His Son, Jesus Christ. Surely Jesus, too, must have felt great joy in hearing His Father’s words.. He brought no shame to His Father, Jehovah but carried out His will perfectly while here on earth. His Father never regretted the words He spoke at Jesus’ baptism of being well pleased with His Beloved Son.

2. It was hard for many to accept that Jesus was the Son of God. Some hated Jesus and treated him very badly. He was mocked, spit upon and hit (Luke 22:63-71). Others, however, who were more open to the truth, grew to accept Jesus’ statement that He really was God’s Beloved Son. Through all the trials that Jesus suffered because of His claims, He never once denied being anything less than God’s Son, nor did He ever say that He was anything more than that.

3. After our Lord Jesus was baptized, Satan desired to tempt Him and try to make Him fail in the purpose of salvation for which He was sent. Perhaps Satan would have liked Jesus to fail so He could mock God by showing that the very Son, with whom God was well pleased, had failed the Father’s faith in Jesus. In Luke 4:1-13 it says that Satan tempted Jesus in different ways. Jesus could have failed in these tests, and Satan knew it. One as wily as Satan would never have wasted his time trying if he knew from the beginning that there was no hope of his plan working.

4. We must here remember that when Jesus came to earth, He was called the “last Adam” (1 Cor. 15:45). He was born of a woman and grew into a perfect man, perfect because he was also the Son of God. Jesus was identical to the first Adam in perfection. As the first Adam was given free moral agency by God, so too was Christ, the last Adam. To be a free moral agent means that one has freedom to choose for oneself what he or she will do. God did not want either Adam or Jesus to serve Him as the earth serves the tree with no choice. He wanted them to serve Him out of whole-hearted love, and not because they must.

5. The first Adam, it is written, chose to disobey God and thus failed to put God supreme in his life. However, the last Adam, Jesus, did not fail God when Satan tempted him. It is written that after every temptation, Jesus rebuked Satan: “And Jesus answered said unto him, get you behind me, Satan; for it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve” (Luke 4:8). Satan’s efforts ended in failure. Jesus’ victory must have given His Father great pleasure and joy.

6. Jesus had great power while on earth; he never once abused it. He knew that He was sent to do His Father’s work and not His own. He had no desire to be called God but rather the Son of the Most High, sent to do His Father’s will: “For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me” (John 6:38). Also read 1 John 4:14, John 3:17 and 20:21. In John 12:50 it says that Jesus only spoke the words which His Father gave Him to speak. John 5:43 declares that Jesus came in His Father’s name. In John 17:4 Jesus admits that the work He did while on earth was not His own, but rather He finished the work which God gave Him to do. What a Son He must have been! How well pleased His Father must have been to see His Son carry out His instructions for the salvation of the world, and while doing so, taking no credit for anything He did, giving instead all glory and praise to God, His Father.

7. “I do nothing of Myself; but as my Father has taught Me, I speak these things. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man” (John 8:28; Luke 2:52). These verses show that while Jesus was on the earth, He was not only the Great Teacher, but also learned from His Heavenly Father, and increased in wisdom through those things He learned. God, the Father, has all wisdom and knowledge. There is nothing He could ever learn from anyone else. Jesus is seen in the above verses as learning from God, His Father. Jesus did not have God’s knowledge because He was not co-equal with God, and so He had to take in knowledge from His Father. Jesus could only do those things which His Father taught Him, because like any good son, He obeyed His Father’s teachings. Hebrews 5:8 says that even His obedience was learned from God.

8. Jesus never went beyond His Father’s teachings. He had the humility to admit He didn’t know when all God’s plans were to be carried out. Once when He had finished talking about the end of this age and the establishment of God’s Kingdom, He said, “Of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son but only the Father” (Mark 13:32). “These things the Father has put in His own power” (Acts 1:7). Can you ever imagine this meek and humble Jesus, who was in such need of His Father’s wisdom and knowledge, ever saying He was equal to God? No, He never made such a claim.

9. In His earthly walk Jesus needed His Father’s strength to support Him, specially during His final dark hours. This is why He constantly prayed to God. In His prayers He never prayed for His own will to be done, but rather for His Father’s will. Jesus continued on, even to the painful death of the cross, knowing that His Father’s strength would see Him through it all. This was indeed a Son in whom His Father could be well pleased.

10. Jesus probably walked in painful silence that day, hardly able to stand beneath the weight of the cross He carried. Many of His followers scattered in fear as He was led to His death. Peter, His beloved Apostle, in fear for his own life, said that he never knew his Master. (Mark 14:27; 14:66-72). How alone Jesus must have felt. It seemed that everyone had left Him to carry out His last great task of suffering alone - everyone, that is, except His Father in heaven. They crucified the Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God. He died a noble death, trusting to the end in God whom He knew would not leave Him in the grave.

11. God kept his promise to His Son. Eph. 1:19-21 says that God not only resurrected Jesus from the grave but also set Him at His right hand in heaven. There can be no more honored position than to sit at the right hand of Almighty God. God sits on the supreme throne, but Jesus, by sitting at His right hand has become second to God in glory and power, not equal to His Father. God is still supreme over the universe, but Jesus is now “Prince and Savior” (Acts 5:30-31). As a reward for seeing to it that God’s plans for the salvation of the world were carried out, God has put all “angels, and authorities, and powers” under Jesus’ control (1 Pet. 3:22).

1. Thus far, we have learned that God is the Almighty and Supreme One, while Jesus Christ, who now sits at God’s right hand, is second to God in glory and power. Starting with this section of the study, we will list many Bible verses, to show beyond a doubt that the Lord Jesus Christ is never seen as co-equal with God, His and our Father.

2. One who is immortal does not rely on anyone else for life, but has life in himself. One who is immortal cannot cease to exist because they are death-proof. They do not need food, drink, or air to exist. One who is immortal can never die, while one who is mortal could die and must have life sustained from without.

3. Though Adam and Eve were perfect, life needed to be sustained by food, air and water. (Gen. 3:22). As long as Adam and Eve obeyed God, they could have everlasting life. But they were warned that if they did not obey God, they would die (Gen. 2:17). After they sinned against God, the sentence of death began to be carried out (Gen. 3:19). Adam and Eve needed God as their source of life. They did not have life in themselves, and when that source of life was taken away, they grew old and died. Adam and Eve were not immortal.

4. Satan, it seems, keeps on living forever but in Hebrews 2:14, it says that Satan will one day be destroyed. He will die because he is not immortal, or death-proof.

5. In John 5:26 it is written of God that He “hath life in Himself.” In other words, He needs no one else to sustain His life. He does not need food, water, or air to keep Him alive, for God has immortality. In fact, at one time no one else either in heaven or on earth had immortality except for God. Remember, one who is immortal cannot be destroyed, die, or even take one’s own life; that one is deathless.

6. If Jesus Christ were equal with God the Father, as claimed by many, then He must surely have always been immortal as God has been. Remember, one who is immortal can never lose life, even for a short period of time. Though the Bible declares that Jesus is now immortal, this was not always the case. As a reward for everything that Jesus did and suffered, God the Father, who has immortality, has now given His Son, Jesus, immortality also. (John 5:26) This is why it is written in Rom. 6:9 that “Jesus dies no more.” From that moment when He was given immortality, it has become impossible for Jesus to ever die again. He is now immortal as His Father. Before Jesus received this gift of immortality, it was possible for him to die. And He did just that on Calvary’s Cross where He offered His perfect human life for the world’s sin. “I am He that lives and was dead” (Rev. 1:18). There are some who claim that death isn’t really death, and that Jesus simply passed into another place of life after he was crucified. But the Bible does not teach this. Romans 14:9 says very clearly that when Jesus rose from the dead He “revived.” What did He revive from if He was not really dead? He revived from death, a state of unconsciousness, by coming back to life. Isaiah 53:7-10 says that Jesus was “cut off out of the land of the living.” - He ceased to live.

7. We have seen God, who was always immortal, giving this same immortality to His Son. One who is immortal can never lose it or receive it from another. We have seen Jesus Christ die and give up His life while He was in the grave. If Jesus did not die, the Ransom was not paid and none of us could ever have a hope of being resurrected so clearly promised in God’s Word.

1. “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things and we by him” (1 Cor. 8:6). How beautiful is this verse as one contemplates it. All things, including our salvation, originated with God the Father, “of whom are all things.” (Read also Isa. 60:16; Hosea 13:4; Isa. 43:3,11.) God sent His Son to earth, “by whom” God’s plan for the salvation of mankind was to be carried out. This verse clearly shows that Jesus did not originate God’s plan of salvation, but instead carried out the great Atonement for His Father when He cried out, “It is finished.”

2. “Him has God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Acts 5:31). “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world” (1 John 4:14). “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 2:5).

3. The above verses show beyond a doubt that Jesus Christ is not equal with God, but rather was sent by God as Saviour. Jesus succeeded in carrying out His Father’s great plan of Salvation and as a result has been exalted by God to be “Prince” and Saviour. As 1 Tim. 2:5 points out, Jesus is called our “mediator.” He mediated for us at Calvary. In 1 John 2:1 He is called our advocate (one who stands beside). Forgiveness and repentance for sins are strictly through Him. This is why when we pray to the Father, we must pray through, or in the name of, the Lord Jesus Christ. His sacrifice on our behalf makes it possible for us to come “boldly to the throne of grace” as we approach God in prayer.

4. “The Lord has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” (Isa. 52:10). “Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?” (Isa. 53:1 - compare John 12:38). “His (God’s) arm (Jesus) brought salvation unto him (God) - And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them in Jacob that turn from transgression, says the Lord” (Isa. 59:16-20). The arm of the Lord in these verses refers to God’s Son. These verses are good examples of how all things are of God but by Jesus Christ, the arm of Jehovah which is a fitting symbol for Jesus. A man’s literal arm never goes beyond the instructions which are given it. So it is with Jesus, God’s arm of strength. God issues the commands and Jesus carries them out. This shows a clear distinction between God, the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ.

5. “Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope” (1 Tim. 1:1). Again in this verse we see a clear distinction between God and Jesus Christ. Salvation is seen originating with God the Father, but the hope of that salvation is seen as coming through Jesus Christ. Through His suffering and death, Jesus, God’s arm, carried out His Father’s plan of Salvation perfectly.

1. In this section of the study we will present some Bible verses used by Trinitarians in their attempt to prove that Jesus Christ is equal with God. We will quote from several translations of the Bible which show this claim to be in error. The Bible translations that we will use in this study we feel are the closest in meaning to the most ancient Greek Bible manuscripts. Before starting this study, it is best to first learn a little of the history surrounding the King James Bible (KJV) which was printed in 1611 A.D. and which is considered the authority in Bible translations by many. The KJV contains considerable errors which are corrected by some of the more modern versions of the Bible, such as the Moffatt and the Emphatic Diaglott translations. In this latter it is stated in its preface that “It (KJV) has been convicted of containing over 20,000 errors.”

2. Many people are perhaps not aware that the KJV was not translated from the ancient Greek manuscripts. Rather, it is a revision of the Bishop’s Bible and was only compared with the Greek manuscripts. When this Bible was put into print, there were only eight known Greek manuscripts with which to compare it. None of these eight went back further than the tenth century A.D. Today there are hundreds of manuscripts to draw from, the oldest of which goes all the way back to the fourth century A.D. The three oldest of these manuscripts are the Sinaitic, the Vatican, and the Alexandrian. Modern Bibles such as the Moffatt and the Emphatic Diaglott used the most ancient Greek manuscripts when they were translated. For this reason, we will make extensive use of these better translations in our study. We will compare these newer, more accurate Bible versions with the KJV to show where it is in error. We will also compare many verses from the different books of the Bible to give a harmonious view of God’s Word. By comparing many Bible verses, you can be assured that we are in harmony with God’s whole word of Truth.

3. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1 - KJV). The Word as used in this verse refers to the pre-existence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Trinitarians use this verse as proof that Jesus Christ is God. But we will see that the wording of John 1:1 as presented by the King James Bible is in error.

4. The following is translated by the Emphatic Diaglott in this way: “In a beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and a god was the Word.” Jesus is here spoken of as being a god in the sense of being a mighty one.

5. The phrase “In a beginning” is also very interesting. The Bible strongly states that God, Jehovah, had no beginning. He is “from everlasting to everlasting” (Read Psa. 31:13; 90:2; 106:48). This means that John 1:1 cannot refer to the beginning of God, but rather a beginning of something else, namely the beginning of God’s creative work. The Word was in this beginning with God. In fact, the Bible teaches that before anything else was created, God first created His Only Begotten Son, called the Logos or Word. Though God had no beginning, His Son did. God’s Son was the “firstborn of every creature” (Col. 1:15). It is very important for you to look up each of the following verses to be assured that what is written here is indeed the truth.

Jesus is called the “Firstborn of every creature” (Col.1:15). ”Also I will make him, my firstborn, higher than the kings of earth” (Psalm 89:27).Jesus, “the Amen,” is here spoken of as being “the beginning of the creation of God” (Revelation 3:14). Jesus is called “the only begotten Son” (John 1:18). These verses prove that Jesus had a beginning. The word father means giver of life. The word son means one who receives life. Jesus, the Son, received life from His Father.

7. The Bible states that in the beginning of God’s creative work, after His Son was brought forth, the Son then created everything else (Col. 1:15-18). All things came into existence through the Son (John 1:3). The world was made by Him (John 1:3,10). It was through His Son that God made the universe (Heb.1:2).

8. After a careful study of all these, it should be evident to anyone who deeply values truth that the wording of John 1:1 as presented by the King James Bible is in error. The proper translation of the Holy Bible based on the most ancient Greek manuscripts restores harmony to the scriptures. It also eliminates all confusion in respect to the relationship of God the Father to His Son, Jesus Christ. Where Jesus is called god in the Scriptures, it has the meaning of “mighty warrior” according to the Greek. “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). By reading all of the verses in this context, it can easily be seen that Jesus simply meant that He and his Father were one in mind and purpose. In John 17:11 Jesus shows this very clearly while speaking to God about His disciples: “Holy Father, keep through Your own name those whom You have given me, that they may be one as we are.”

9. And in John 17:22, 23 we read, “And the glory which you gave Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and You in me, that they may be made perfect in one.” In these verses we see the church being one in the same way that Jesus is one with God, His Father. The church is one because Christ is in the church in the same way that God is in Christ. The church is one Body made up of many members with Christ as its head, being one because of love, unity, and purpose. Though Christ is in the Church, we are not literally Jesus any more than Jesus is literally God.

10. “He that has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). This verse must be harmonized with other Bible verses such as John 1:18, which says that “no man has seen God.” The clue to the true meaning can be found in Jesus’ statement. Jesus is here talking to Philip and telling him that it is impossible to see God who is a Spirit Being: But through Jesus, God manifested Himself. Jesus perfectly represented God’s thoughts and God’s will. Thus, to know Jesus is to know God.

1. “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58). In Exodus 3:14 Jehovah uses “I AM” as His title. Since Jesus also referred to himself as “I am,” some feel that Jesus and God must be one and the same. Jesus was simply saying that He had existed in heaven before Abraham was born. The Moffatt Bible gives a more accurate translation of John 8:58: “Truly, truly, I tell you,” said Jesus, “I have existed before Abraham was born.” Jesus did indeed exist before Abraham was born, as the Logos, a Spirit Being.

2. Perhaps one of the worst meanings offered for any Bible verse by the King James Bible is found in Philippians 2:5, 6 where we read, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God.” The Moffatt Bible translation says of this verse that Jesus “did not set store upon equality with God, but emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant.” No, Jesus did not try to usurp God’s right to rule as Satan did (Isa. 14:13), but emptied Himself or divested Himself of His high position as a spirit being by becoming flesh and blood (1 Tim. 2:5). By using a proper translation of Phil. 2:5, 6, all possible contradictions in the Bible are erased, and the Bible presents itself as the Word of God, being in full agreement and harmony with itself.

3. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in the earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one” (John 5:7-8). It has been proven beyond a doubt by leading Bible scholars and translators that the underlined words in the above verses are spurious, and thus are not part of God’s most Holy Word. Even Scofield’s Reference Bible admits this fact when it states, “It is generally agreed that verse seven has no real authority and has been inserted.” That part of this verse has been omitted by all modern translations: Moffatt, Revised Version, Emphatic Diaglott, Young’s Bible translation, etc. Hudson’s Greek and English Concordance says of 1 John 5:7, “The words are found in no Greek manuscript before the 15th or 16th century, and in no early versions.” Nothing else need be written here about this verse, except perhaps Dr. Constantine Tischendoff’s thoughts with which we are in agreement: “That this spurious addition should continue to be published as part of the Epistle I regard as an impiety.” One of the best translations of 1 John 5:6-8 (omitting the spurious parts) is found, again in the Moffatt Bible translation: “Jesus Christ, He it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit - not by water alone, but by the water and the blood. The Spirit is the witness to this, for the Spirit is truth. The witnesses are three, the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three of them are in accord.”

4. “But unto the Son He says, ‘Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom’” (Heb. 1:8 - KJV). The Diaglott renders this, “But to the Son, ‘Your throne, O God, is for the age and the sceptre of rectitude is the sceptre of thy Kingdom.’” The Father has placed His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ as His Mighty Warrior (another meaning for God in the Greek) over His Kingdom in the coming Millennial age. These verses show that God speaks to us “by his Son,” which means Jesus is God’s active agent to fulfill all God‘s commands. God has also appointed His Son “heir of all things.” If God were equal with the Son, He would not appoint Him anything, since all things would belong to Jesus as much as to God. God’s Son is seen being made “so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” Jesus inherited a more excellent name; God, however, cannot inherit because He always had a name above all others.

5. “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” (1 Tim. 3:16 - KJV). Before continuing, let us read the Moffatt Bible translation of this verse for a better definition of its true meaning: “And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion - it is He who was ‘manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory.’” It is the truth of our religion that is spoken of in this verse, and not a mystery of the trinity. God was indeed “manifest in the flesh”, as the KJV states in that God was made known to others through Christ. He was manifested through Christ in the same way that any father is made known to others through the actions and personality of his son. As the saying goes, “Like father…like son!” This does not mean that a son is anything other than a son.

6. In 2 Cor. 4:11 we find a good example of the Bible usage for the word manifest. Here we see the life of Jesus being made manifest in the Apostles. Jesus’ literal life did not enter into the Apostles any more than God literally entered into Christ. Rather, the Apostles, by living in harmony with Christ’s teachings, manifested Christ’s life through their own actions. It is also in this manner that Jesus manifested His Father. “No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him” (John 1:18). This verse is in full harmony with what we have thus far shown. It clearly shows how God was manifest through Christ. Jesus declared God through His own actions and personality which were in harmony with God’s attributes and were the fruitage of the Holy Spirit of God. (See 1 John 4:12.)

7. “And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). To gain a proper understanding of this verse, we must keep John 1:1 in mind, which we have already covered at the beginning of this section of the course. During our study of John 1:1, we learned through the Emphatic Diaglott translation that Jesus Christ is a god or a mighty warrior. But Jesus is not the Supreme God, whose name is Jehovah.

8. “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his own son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn” (Zech. 12:10 - KJV). Trinitarians claim that since God is speak-ing in this prophecy, and since He seems to be saying that it is He who will be pierced on the cross, that God must be Jesus Christ. Please notice, however, that God first seems to refer to the one crucified as “me”, or himself, and then speaks of the same one who is pierced as “him”. Such a statement is a contradiction. This problem is easily solved by the Moffatt translation of the ancient Greek manuscripts which reads, “But I will pour out a spirit of yearning and entreaty upon David’s house and the dwellers of Jerusalem; they shall look at him whom they stabbed and lament for him bitterly, as a man laments for his only son” (Zech. 12:10). Notice how different this verse is rendered. Jesus is the one seen being pierced, rather than God, who is speaking. The Jewish Masoretic text, which is the Old Testament used by many Jewish people, also uses the word “him” when referring to the one being pierced.

9. “But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (Micah 5:2 - KJV). This verse is a prophecy of Jesus who is seen existing from everlasting. Since only God has existed from everlasting, Trinitarians use this text to prove that Jesus is equal with God and had no beginning. According to the Jewish Masoretic Scriptures, however, we do not find the word “everlasting” as used by the King James in the verse. The Jewish Masoretic Text says that the Messiah existed “from of old, from ancient days.” The Moffatt Bible, Revised Standard, and many others translations are in full agreement with the Masoretic text in its interpretation of this verse. We trust the numerous Scriptures presented in this study on the Almighty God and His Son, Jesus, have convinced you that there is indeed One God, the Father, and One Lord Jesus Christ through whom He accomplished all.